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Well, and, here we go again…back to Vietnam, this time by way of Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Or at least that’s more or less the plan. (Also available without the blather, at anassandadonkey.com.)

Gaete, Italy
A day of rest. Ish.
For the first time in three weeks we’ve not pushed a pedal. There’s rest and there’s rest of course, and some people’s might not include an hour and some’s...
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Gaete, Italy
As the moptops might have said of today...
It’s getting better all the time. Admittedly a low bar, having woken up in our clinical morgue – our most expensive booking yet, by a margin, but a soul-sinking experience,...
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Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy
All aboard!
An excellent post on an Italian trips ‘n tips thread on CycleChat said to regard the occasional train ride as ‘a treat, like an ice cream, rather than an admission of defeat’....
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Controguerra, Abruzzo, Italy
From the sublime to the, well, somewhat sad
Out of Big Sky Country and down to the coast. Which I for one have been looking forward to, but which has not quite lived up to anticipations. Not sure quite what I expected, but arriving...
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Spaghetti #9, Ancona, Italy
Best sgetti *evah*
Everyone says so. Seriously.  I checked the tripadvisor reviews after we got back, and getting on for half said exactly that. They’re not wrong, Brian. Jens found the place online....
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Ancona, Italy
Never, ever, ever say
“Tomorrow will be a doddle.” After crossing the spine of Italy, we were quite looking forward to a day of long, gentle descent to Ancona. No real climbing, no serious lumps...
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